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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • prolinloius2@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOIUS NORMAN" <prolinloius2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:28:44 +0200
Subject: RE:RE:Reply

Dear Weber,

Thanks for your mail of today.

There is know need bitean around the bush.if you are intrested to share with
me on this business send to me your telephone numbers so that we can talk it
over.Evry documents will be given to you.the fund in question is legal and
would not course know harm.indicate your intrest and stop boadering yourself
with fears.Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman


>From: Weber Gaertgen <weber9445@mozartmail.info>
>Reply-To: weber9445@mozartmail.info
>To: prolinloius2@hotmail.com
>Subject: RE:RE:Reply
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:05:09 +0100
>
>
>Much thanks for the reply.
>
>To be honest, one can seldom be sure in these sort of dealings. It causes
>me recall a old dictum, Great blessings come from heaven, small blessings
>come from man.
>
>Please understand that I will not let you down. I had already said in my
>previous email that we will progress with this fine proposition. All I wish
>for is for you to provide some rigorous evidence of how it will work.
>
>Also I have been worried: what if the EU investigators finds out about my
>funds?
>
>Your reply would be totally accommodating.
>
>Yours truly,
>
>Weber
>
>Note that I tried to call the phone number you wrote but it does not work.
>Sorry.
>
>Save the world. Get the girl. Pass math.
>http://www.ppmusic.com/music/comp13.htm

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